The God and the Gumiho

After reading the first few pages, I knew that I would love it. Hani is a hilarious Female Lead. She's the "Scarlet Fox", a Gumiho so evil that she became legendary - and she ate too many human souls and livers, so now she can't eat any more. Girl is stuffed. And so very fed up with the Male Lead, Seokga, whom she has to serve coffee because yeah, she's an evil mystical creature, but she does need the money! Rent is due! Seokga is also hilarious, but in the opposite way of Hani. After not quiet managing to overthrow his brothers celestial kingdom, he is forced to kill all the demons (20.000) that he brought for his little coup d'etat. They fled to the human realm though, so that's where he's been for the past few centuries. The book is written in both of the lead's POV's, which I am usually not a fan of, but liked in this case. Both Leads are very enjoyable and there hatred foreach other was perfect! What I didn't like is that there was no glossary. This book would really have been better with one. I knew what a Gumiho was, but other creatures from korean legends or religion I had no clue of. Not even how to pronounce them, which really put a bit of a bummer in my joy of reading. I do like to know how to pronounce things, but google really wasn't much of a help here.

This was unexpectedly the best romantasy of the year for me. The combination of a mythical detective duo based on korean mythology searching for a soul eating murderer while the actual murderer is part of the detective pair and sabotaging the search (no spoilers!) was hilarious to follow. Deeply emotional and romantic at times with the banter between the main characters being genuine and exciting to read about. The second book can't come fast enough!

This was pure perfection in my eyes. I absolutely love our conniving couple, their banter and the way they fell for each other, as well as the beautifully rich worldbuilding based on Korean mythology. If you're not familiar with the mythology and culture all the different creatures and names may seem overwhelming at first, but you'll quickly learn everything you need to follow along and get a great introduction into the stunning folklore of Korea. As an avid K-Drama watcher this book definitely ticked all the boxes for me, I'm impatiently waiting for the sequel and can't wait to find out what Seokga and Hanni have to go through next!